H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Data Engineer/Scientist

Occupation profile for Data Engineer/Scientist covers 8 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $119,000.

FY2026 certified median
$119,000
Total filings
8
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$111,500–$126,500
Top employer
BLUEBRIS SYSTEMS INC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20244$126,000$118,532$138,250
FY20252$95,451$94,713$96,190
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)2$119,000$111,500$126,500

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Data Engineer/ScientistFY2024 $126,000; FY2025 $95,451; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $119,000$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2024$126,000FY2025$95,451FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$119,000Certified median offer, Data Engineer/ScientistFY2024 $126,000; FY2025 $95,451; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $119,000$0$50k$100k$150kFY2024$126,000FY2025$95,451FY2026*$119,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. BLUEBRIS SYSTEMS INC2 filings
  2. Whisker Labs, Inc.2 filings
  3. Kanini Software Solutions, Inc.1 filings
  4. North Rock Capital Management, LLC1 filings
  5. Strategic Resilience Group, LLC1 filings
  6. Trimble Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Germantown2 filings
  2. Redwood City1 filings
  3. Sunnyvale1 filings
  4. Chicago1 filings
  5. Winfield1 filings
  6. New York1 filings
  7. Nashville1 filings

Filings by employer and title

    Prevailing wages by area and occupation

    The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

    Annual prevailing wage levels
    Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
    2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790015-2051$92,830$118,040$143,250$168,459
    2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698015-2051$76,336$97,490$118,664$139,818
    2026-27Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TNArea 3498015-2051$69,826$89,606$109,408$129,189
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-2051$87,256$115,835$144,414$172,994
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-2051$110,386$142,438$174,512$206,565
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1242$90,106$117,499$144,872$172,266